Edit: I hit "post" and realized I misspelled "optimized" in the title....lol....sorry hahaha

Didn't know how many people knew about these. I still go over to Endyn's site cause I miss those damn TOO forums so much (yeah, it's been years...but I still miss'em...lol). Anyway, I check Larry's articles and what not, and there was this.

http://www.theoldone.com/artic...x.htm

Clean vtec head castings complete, ls/vtec compatible....looks like good stuff.

A preview....

The heads look pretty clean overall. They say the process produces less flash and shift than standard Honda heads in the past.

 

looks cool, pretty clean for a new casting

have you seen the DART heads up close?

 

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That's some funny **** right there..

There was already a thread about this though, here it is https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2180792 Hope it doesn't turn out like their magical 11 second supercharger setup..

 

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have you seen the DART heads up close?</TD></TR></TABLE>

dart uses oem honda castings. so if imagine it looks like a stock head

 

Hummm Bare castings

Endyn = $500

Dart = $2700

I think i would give teh Endyn a try.

 

Yeah, and it appears Larry had some influence on the stock port shapes, so even out of the box I bet they'll flow pretty well.

Dart's stuff is nice, but it's got some heavy flash and really needs cleaned up when you get it.

Larry is talkin 900 bucks for a complete head with all new components...that's pretty serious stuff for a nice cost. Plus it's got the dowels for the lsvtec, and the oil hole pre tapped...just the small things that count.

 

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Dart's stuff is nice, but it's got some heavy flash and really needs cleaned up when you get it.

Larry is talkin 900 bucks for a complete head with all new components...that's pretty serious stuff for a nice cost. Plus it's got the dowels for the lsvtec, and the oil hole pre tapped...just the small things that count.</TD></TR></TABLE>


Bingo! i wanted to see if anyone else had seen this or run into this problem with thier heads. "OEM castings" i dont care, there was crap everywhere, i had the same issue with a couple of thier blocks, i had to deburr a bunch of problem areas

 

There is a huge thread in AM about this too. Appears to be pretty good stuff for the money.

 

very cool. i might have to get one for my back up engine

 

We need a good block casting in the aftermarket that is affordable while also strong enough for big power like a billet aluminum block with steel sleeves. This atleast secures the problem with eventual casting shortages.

 

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Agreed. Dart's are a start, but a little rediculous for the price. Hell, you could almost buy 2 of their small block V8 blocks for the price of one honda block.

 

Well, Larry uses Darts blocks as well, so maybe this company can follow up with a block distributed through Endyn. Could be good stuff comin.

 

looks good but no luv for the H

 

wow that's awesome

 

For $900 I am sold, I might buy 2.

 

they are released at the end of febuary right?

 

Damn thats expletivein awesome. i want one

 

What ever came of the head that RHS was developing. I know I saw one at SEMA a few years ago.

 

i saw this in the NA forum, definately nice if they can stick to the plan

 

i dont believe i seen any release dates or when they would be for sale..
Wonder if they got any flow numbers on them

 

someone in the other thread said endyn was expecting february release after some testing.

 

I think it was said in the other thread it was going to be released to endyn first, then some intense testing was going to happen before release. I think this is great for the market. About time an affordable head is coming (hopefully) available to the people. Now they need to offer fully race version like other aftermarket head comanys.

 

does anybody know what the deal is with these??? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...idget

 

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There was some talk in the other thread about this as well...a version with revised valve angles, different ports and other differences.

 

If you were someone making an LS/VTEC anyways and wanted some mild porting done, that would make this a steal. The bare casting is worth that alone.

As its not too hard to find fubar'd heads from dropped valves, you could have a 'ported' head with good cams for less than many pay just for porting alone.